A Carve-Up That Leaves Ukraine Sidelined
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Brussels on Feb. 13.
Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP/Getty Images
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Even before President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrives at the Munich Security Conference tomorrow to renew his case with the US for defending Ukraine’s independence, his country’s fate looks to have been sealed.